Author: PASS202

This letter was sent to Dan THORSE yesterday afternoon February 24,2016. The letter reads as follows:

The Plainfield Association of Support Staff is requesting that negotiations begin on a successor contract to the agreement that is set to expire June 30,2016. The Association requests that you contact the President of the Association and our Uniserve Director to set future dates to begin the process. We are in receipt of your letter of February 11,2016 threatening potential subcontracting of custodial services. In the event the Board continues down that path, this also constitutes our demand to bargain that decision. While we expect when confronted with the economic and administrative realities of outsourcing that the Board will decide it is not in the best interest of the District to subcontract that work, in the event the Board does subcontract, we demand to bargain the impact of that decision.

Thanks to the ENTIRE Support Staff for joining in the rally last night at the District Office. We are in this fight together and we have show the School Board as well as the Administration that we are united as we were with our contract. Thank you again for your continued support.

There have been many requests for the new PASS tshirt. We will be placing another order. Please tell your Building Rep your name and size you want. They will then email John Piechocinski at jpattr@ yahoo.com no later than Friday February 26.

The rally to support PASS will begin at 5:45 at the District Office. The regular School Board Meeting begins at 7. Please attend both if you able to show your support not only for the Custodians but the entire PASS Local. Remember outsourcing jobs may eventually affect your job with the District as well. WE NEED EVERYONES SUPPORT. Tell friends, relatives, neighbors, any outside group using our schools that this decision to outsource will affect them using our schools as well as increase the overall costs to maintain our buildings as well as the conditions of our Schools in the future. We all need to tell the School Board NO TO OUTSOURCING.

There will be a General Membership Meeting on Saturday February 20 at 9 am at Timber Ridge.

There will be discussions about the bargaining of the new contract as well as updated information on the Custodial issue.

All members are strongly urged to attend this very important informational meeting.